The Wisdom Huntress Quotes

“Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body, a man I surrendered to.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling water.
Right now in this world, a girl is striving to find firewood from trees that no more exist, and water from sources that are poisonous.
Right now in this world, a boy is out fishing in a lake rich with inedible species.
Right now in this world, a mother is drowning in heavy rainfall, to save her belongings.
Right now in this world, a man has lost his dignity because all his eff orts to save have been wiped away to poverty by unforeseen calamities.
Right now in this world, a family is starving because drought has invaded their once fertile land.
Right now in this world, a nation is planning for refugee status due to adverse climate conditions.
Right now in this world, you have a choice to help alleviate environmental problems caused by humankind.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“My lips swelled with red freshness, my chest heaved proudly with a pair of pointed African drums, my face tempted with its sweetness like Kilimanjaro waters and my height spoke a language only a Maasai warrior knew.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“The moment of honouring our humanity is now.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“The joy of comradeship in this foreign land has been killed by silence and overprotection of personal space. I miss the chaos around me for it makes me realise that I am amidst life and alive.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupying
your mind-set needs to be swept clean. May the disgusted look you impose on those you judge poor burn your eyes.
That evil look occupying your clear vision needs to land in the bin. May that shameful attitude you impose on those you wish to feel lesser bring your soul to restlessness. That fake character you display needs to be thrown out of the window.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“Have you ever entered a kitchen to find a woman, her legs crossed while the rest of her body is dressed in colourful khanga, smiling at you while her hands are making a melodious song with a coconut grater? Have you ever wondered how any woman size can fit on that grater regardless of their body size? The time for wondering is over. East Africa heartily welcomes you to see for yourself. Go and visit it.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“You will experience a lot of imaginings as usually is for humans although we tend to pretend that all our thoughts are septic and moral. Feel
comfortable with your thoughts. Trust me dear child, no human is spared from wild thoughts and you too will have them. Nothing should limit you my child. But the minute you decide to speak out your thinking or live them, you should be ready for the consequences too.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“One should use well a mouth for someone will remember your words and the manner they were spoken. One should pose well in a body for someone will remember your image and how you carried it. One should serve well for someone will recall the kindness and spread it among humanity.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man?”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or confused by trying to please a selfish idea of anyone wanting a woman to be both herself and a man.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“I was taught how to walk but I did not master the cheating steps of others.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations

“What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves, The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations